Sacramento daily record-union., 1887-08-13

located in Tehama county, and it is safe to
say that they selected the choicest land of
the whole State of California If they
had had all the light of the experience
and the knowledge of the developments of
nearly a half a century which has passed
since then, they could not have made
n better selection. The grants known by
their names are the garden spots of the
Pacific coast. They had almost the whole
State to select from, and they choose Te-
hama county, and, intelligent men as they
certainly were, "they builded better than
they knew" The history of the
AGRICULTURE OF THE COUNTY
Commenced with their occupation in 1914.
They were active men, and although from
the conditions of the country their princi-
pal business was stock-raising, they titled
the soil to some extent They had fields
of grain, and vegetable gardens, and they
put out vineyards and orchards The
trees and vines planted by them more than
forty years ago are still in existence,
mementos of their enterprise and of the
fertility of the soil There are old
MISSION VINES FOOT OR MORE IN
DIAMETER.
Great fig trees rivaling in height and
spread of branches the giant oaks around
them, and apple, pear, peach and april
cot trees of immense size. All give the
testimony of these forty years to the adapti-
bility of the soil and climate to fruit-grow-
ing.
a few years went by with only these and
a few other great landholders, in what is
FL -,
came, and with it came the gold-seekers,
young, active, adventurous men from all
parts of the Union. They saw the coun-
try and settled here. The grain and stock
era followed and lasted almost to the
present time. The railroads were built BY
few of California's most far-seeing and
enterprising men, and California was given
the markets of the world. Those who
held the Mexican grants gave way to 9TH
ers who had more OF the spirit of modern
progress and more of executive ability.
The county grew prosperous and rich from
the product of the soil and the forests
Now the
TIE POPULATION
Is more than Il, 500 and is engaged in ev-
cry branch of business industry. The
wealth of the county is S10000,000, more
than seven millions of which is in farms,
orchards, vineyards, houses and other i'm
provements. This has all been taken from
the soil, and many millions more which
have been invested in other parts of the
mine Of wealth, and it has hardly been
prospected yet.
THE SCHOOLS OF THE COUNTY
Are of the highest order. In every por-
ton of California the earlier settlers, hav-
ing in view the welfare of those who were
to come after them, laid broad and deep
the foundations of the public school sys-
TEN. In Tehama county the fund from the
school lands was judiciously managed, and
the settlers in addition taxed themselves
without stint, so that there are now good
school buildings all over this county. The
number Of schools and school-houses in
the county are 76 The standard of quail
fcations for school teachers is very high,
and the salaries are in proportion. The
excellence of the educational advantages
of the county are shown by the fact that
nearly one-half of the teachers in the
schools were educated at home, and in
their examinations they stood as high as
those from abroad. Those seeking homes
will find here in every part of the county
better educational advantages than they
left in the East
TIE PRESS OF THE COUNTY
Win compare favorably with that of any
county Of the same wealth and population
In Red Bluff there are three daily papers,
the .Sentiael, the Peoples Cause and the
Ne,cs These are all live papers, edited by
live, active and energeticmen. They have
been awake to everything that would tend
to develop the resources of the county and
benefit the people. The great progress
made Is due to their efforts to very great
degree.